Airlines Will Settle Pilot’s USERRA Payless Leave Class Suit For $4.75M

(August 27, 2024, 11:06 AM EDT) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — Alaska Airlines Inc. and Horizon Air Industries Inc. have agreed to pay $4.75 million to a class of commercial airline pilots who allege that they were denied pay during short-term military leaves while pay was provided to pilots taking other types of leaves, according to motion for preliminary settlement approval filed in a federal court in Washington....